TCL's top-value 6 series TV blows up to 75 inches at CES 2019
It's available for preorder today at $1,800.
- Although still awaiting his Oscar for Best Picture Reviewer, David does hold certifications from the Imaging Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology on display calibration and evaluation.
So you have your eye on the best TV value of 2018, the TCL 6 series, but want something larger than a 65-inch screen? Here ya go.
Today at CES 2019 TCL announced that it's releasing a 75-inch version of the 6 series. It's available for preorder at Best Buy starting today at $1,800, and coming to other retailers in the next few weeks.
It offers all of the same features we liked so much in the smaller 65-inch size, including the full-array local dimming largely responsible for that set's impressive image quality. And, as you might expect from a bigger set, it has more dimming zones: 160 compared to 120 on the 65-incher.
The 75-inch model also has a true 120Hz refresh rate, while the 55- and 65-inch members of the series are 60Hz. The result should be better motion performance, although as usual the benefits are pretty subtle.
The new 75-inch 6 series' chief competitor is the Vizio P-Series, our previous pick at that size for best picture for the money -- and it also costs about $1,800. Based on my comparison between each series 65-inch sets, I slightly prefer the image quality of the TCL, but both are excellent. And of course the TCL's built-in Roku smart TV system is much better than Vizio's SmartCast setup.
Just like with the smaller versions of the 6 series, the 75-inchers will have two slightly different varieties. The Best Buy version of the set, model 75R615, has a standard infrared Roku TV remote, while the version on sale at other retailers, model 75R617, gets Roku's voice remote with Wi-Fi that doesn't need to be aimed at the TV. Pricing on the 75R617 was not announced. The two versions are otherwise identical.
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